Abu Dhabi Court Convicts Ten in Hotel Brawl Case

The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court has issued prison sentences, fines, and deportation orders in a mass brawl case that occurred inside a hotel, after previous disputes between a group of individuals escalated into a confrontation that caused chaos and threatened public safety, in an incident whose legal repercussions extended to individuals who filmed the brawl and shared the footage via digital media.

The rulings included the conviction of ten defendants. The court sentenced six of them to six months in prison, fined each of them 300,000 dirhams, and ordered their deportation from the country upon completion of their sentences, after finding them guilty of acts that disturbed public order, caused panic, and endangered the lives of others.

The court also fined two defendants 50,000 dirhams each, while convicting the ninth and tenth defendants of violating privacy, filming the incident, and publishing the recordings using electronic means. It sentenced them to six months in prison and fined each 300,000 dirhams, along with deportation, confiscation of the phones used, and the deletion of the recorded clips.